Inscription TL 1
It is on the horizontal beam of a Lycian rock-cut tomb to the west of the city.
Transliteration (Melchert, 2001):
1 ebẽññ xupã m=ene=prñna<wa>tẽ
2 xudali zuhrijah
3 tideimi{h}
4 xezrimeh
5 prñnezijehi
Translation:
Xudali, child of Zuhrija, member of the household of Xezzima, has built this tomb.
Inscription TL 2
It is on a rock-cut tomb, which is the middle one of the highest three tombs in the small necropolis near the town at the foot of the acropolis. The inscription is carved on the upper crossbeam above the door.
Transliteration (Christiansen, 2020):
1 ṛ?τ̣?ebuh?!u
2 uhạḳẹ̃e: murazahe: tideiṃi
3 ṃ?!iñti: ada: II –
Translation (Christiansen, 2020):
Rτebuhu?, (and) Uhakẽe, the child of Muraza, (have built it/are the owners of the tomb). For the miñti (they have established) II – ada.
Inscription TL 3
Its location is unknown. According to Fellows, the inscription was above the door of a rock-cut tomb.
Transliteration (Christiansen, 2020):
1 ebẽñnẽ: xupã: m=ẽ=ti prñnawatẽ: te-
2 winezẽi:? ṣ?ppñtazah: asawãzala
3 h?! tideimi: hrppi: ladi: se tide[ime]
4 ṃ?!iñti: adaijẽ III –
Translation (Christiansen, 2020):
This tomb has built Tewinezẽi, the son of [S?]ppñtaza (and) Asawãzala, for the wife and the child[ren]. For the miñti (they have established) a quantity of III – ada.
Inscription TL 4
It is on the wall of the vestibule of a rock-cut tomb to the west of the Amyntas Tomb.
Transliteration (Christiansen, 2020):
1 ebẽṇ̃n: prñnawã: m=e=ti
2 prñnaw?!atẽ: telexuzi: hrpi
3 ladi: ẹhb: se tideimi s?!e=d=i
4 ñta tadẽ tes?!i: miñti: alad-
5 adẽ III:? ehali
Translation (Christiansen, 2020):
This building has built Telexuzi for his wife and children. And he has established under oath/by (means of) a sworn agreement III ada for the miñti, (namely) for the (purpose of the) allocation(?).
Inscription TL 5
It is on the left column of a two-story rock-cut tomb just above the one bearing TL 4.
Transliteration (Melchert 2001):
1 ebẽñnẽ m=en-
2 e =prñnawatẽ q-
3 ñtbẽddi: sm̃ma
4 tideimi kete
5 erehi: se=ije g-
6 aladrẽ[m̃]ma ñt[a]=
7 tadẽ [tesi] se=i nip-
8 e: {a}tise hriq-
9 eri siezi [ẽ]tr-
10 i:hrppi tãtu
Translation:
Qñtbẽddi, child of Ssm̃ma, built this … …
References:
Christiansen, B. 2020. ‘Grave Matters. Legal Provisions for a Proper Final Rest in Classical Lycia’, in Das Xanthostal Lykiens in archaisch-klassischer Zeit, ed. M. Zimmermann, 166-261.
Kalinka, E. 1901. Tituli Asiae Minoris, Vol.1, Vindobonae.
Melchert, H. C. 2001. LycianCorpus.pdf at www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/Melchert
Tekoğlu, R. 2020. ‘Epigraphic commentary on TL2’ in Suppl. Mat. 1 of Greaves, A. M., et al. 2020. ‘Carved in Stone: Field Trials of V-RTI in Classical Telmessos’ JFA 45 (7), 542-555.
Image Sources:
E. Kalinka, 1901
B. Christiansen, 2020
B. Bilgin, 2024